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Jewish drag queen Sasha Velour is on the cover of The New Yorker this week

In honor of Pride month, the magazine spotlights a self-portrait from the Brooklyn artist, who cites her Jewish grandmother as an inspiration.

Film version of ‘Soul Doctor,’ the Shlomo Carlebach-Nina Simone musical, to hit US theaters for 1 night

The show, which debuted on Broadway in 2013, was made before the #MeToo movement intensified scrutiny of the sexual misconduct allegations against the pioneering rabbi.

US State Department calls recent Roger Waters concert ‘antisemitic’

The department was backing critical comments from its antisemitism envoy, Deborah Lipstadt.

A comics legend, a punk band and an Israeli sci-fi drama bring Jewish themes to the Tribeca Film Festival

20 years ago, Marvel introduced a Jewish Black Panther

White supremacy takes center stage in a new reimagining of ‘The Merchant of Venice’

Anti-hate mural showcasing Jewish diversity goes up in LA neighborhood where antisemitic shootings took place

‘Prayer for the French Republic,’ play about a Jewish family grappling with antisemitism, heads to Broadway

TikTok star Montana Tucker follows Holocaust series by emceeing embassy event for Israel’s 75th anniversary

Julie Benko, ‘Funny Girl’ standby star, to join Broadway cast of Barry Manilow’s ‘Harmony’

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